The Government of the Republic of Korea Grant Programme for 2023 has allocated a grant to Equatorial Guinea for undergraduate studies in South Korean
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Across Africa, Many Young Mothers Face Education Barriers
(Nairobi) – Adolescent girls in nearly one-third of African countries who are pregnant face significant legal and policy barriers to continuing their formal education, Human Rights Watch said today. Most African governments, however, now protect educat…
Uganda’s Perennial Floods Cast the Spotlight on the Region’s Climate Change-Related Disasters
Eastern Uganda, Yusuf Munyifa was asleep when he received a phone call from a friend to tell him that his shop had been washed away, following torrential rains that pounded the town of Mbale in eastern Uganda.“The water was [a lot] and it came from the…
Children in Malawi and Zambia push to change school calendar in response to climate change
LUSAKA, 9 August 2022 – Children in Malawi and Zambia are calling for their governments to change the school calendar and close during the winter months of June and July with climate change bringing colder temperatures leaving students unable to concen…
Women Settle Lawsuit Against Liberty University, Documents Say
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit twelve women brought last summer against Liberty University, accusing the Christian institution of fostering an unsafe environment on its Virginia campus and mishandling cases of sexual assault and harassment,…
Regional Bureau for West & Central Africa Education Newsletter, March 2022
Higher education has many advantages for refugees, both in terms of personal development, socio-professional integration, and self-reliance, and in terms of their contribution to the society of their country of asylum and/or origin. However, higher edu…